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Yes, it will look weird because Consolas was designed specifically for ClearType (which is why it looks nowhere as good on OS X). Inconsolata was designed without it.

Similarly, Monaco doesn't look half as good on Windows :) Text rendering differs on OS X and Windows.

I'm on OSX, and suggest some alternatives to Consolas above:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1454649

It isn't much better without ClearType, either. Inconsolata looks a /lot/ better on linux, so it could be something wrong with the font hinting.

Same thing here. Seems e isn't letting me disable cleartype either.